They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Stanley Steve Lewandowski

 

Stoker 2nd Class, V61813, RCNVR

 

Born: 26 Dec 1924, Tarngora, Poland

 

Died: 29 Apr 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

LEWANDOWSKI, Stanley Steve, Sto 2c, V61813, RCNVR, MPK - 29 Apr 1944, HMCS ATHABASKAN - Son of Stanley and Agnes Lewandowski, of Windsor, Ontario.

 

Stoker Lewandowski died when his ship, HMCS ATHABASKAN, was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel.

 

Stanley's brother, Marian Z. Lewandowski, also served in the RCNVR during the Second World War.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS HUNTER - Enlisted 20 May 1943. Commenced Active Service 21 Jul 1943 as a Sto 2c, RCNVR

HMCS CORNWALLIS - Drafted to CORNWALLIS 08 Sep 1943

HMCS STADACONA - Drafted to STADACONA 04 Nov 1943

HMCS NIOBE - Drafted to NIOBE 01 Feb 1944

HMCS ATHABASKAN - Drafted to ATHABASKAN 19 Feb 1944

 

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(SL01) Stoker Lewandowski - presumed dead - from the Windsor Daily Star

(SL03) Article on Stoker Lewandowski - from the Windsor Daily Star

(SL03) Documents from the Service file of Stanley Lewandowski

 


 

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